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Tuesday's postcard, and a postscript to Sunday's primer on the "forever chemical" pollution problem

Tuesday's postcard, and a postscript to Sunday's primer on the "forever chemical" pollution problem

June 27, 2023

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Wenatchee River west of Leavenworth, WA

Sometimes a turning point in a person’s life can mark a turning point for a community, or a nation. The irony of the turning point in Robert Bilott’s life is that it arose from a misunderstanding.

Bilott’s 81 year-old grandmother knew he was a lawyer, but didn’t quite grasp that he was a corporate defense lawyer. S…

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